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You may have heard of the "Countering Violent Extremism" program under DHS.

They've deployed the tactics used to fight terrorists against domestic citizens. For example, incels. When I posted on the web forum incels dot is, I didn't know it was Department of Homeland Security operation against men who say they are romantically deprived. I didn't know I was interacting with larping feds who encourage extremist rhetoric. Consequently I was put on a watchlist and am subject to intrusive monitoring.

I share a lot of my experience here.

https://twitter.com/WrongedIncel

My question is, my computer is hacked by them and they are privy to my computer activity -- as in, right now, they're seeing me type this post. How can I get these rats out of my computer? I just run Windows 11.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everything else aside, you do see what you're asking, right? This is basically "hey guys, I know I'm being actively tracked by security agencies (but I'm not a threat, trust me). How do I get rid of these trackers? Does anybody have any tips and tricks I can follow to get security agencies off my back?". Again, without getting into any of the context, what do you expect to get here? What kind of person would reply with "sure I gotchu, here's a list of tools I regularly use to keep cops distracted from whatever it is I do on the internet"?

[–] MrHand 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But feds are selfish and lazy chodes and susceptible to (((bribery))). After all, the War on Terror has winded down and they constructed all these fusion centers for which they have no real use beyond targeting domestic dissidents. See Glenn Greenwald's critique of the new paradigm wherein DHS isn't as much concerned about foreign threats but more about domestic dissidents. Incels -- who only say they are romantically deprived and that emergent polygyny (women sharing Gorgeous Males) is not a non-factor -- have been deemed a threat on the flimsiest of pretenses because they (incels) give the jeebies to feminists and Jews who were supportive of the same Sexual Revolution that ultimately resulted in an incel class. The excerpt was written thirty years ago. It's gotten much worse. Why aren't incels then treated like a political party rather than as extremists? Who do the security agencies really serve? Why are some people so automatically trusting of them as if they aren't infallible and suspectable to influence while having selfish organizational interests?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe you didn't understand what I meant. Like I said, regardless of what circumstances you're supposedly a part of, how and why would anyone on a public forum help you with a request like this? Just try to answer me two scenarios: a) if I do happen to know some magical way to make you invisible in the eyes of any security agency under the sun, how do I know that you're not a security agent yourself, trying to sniff out potential criminals? And b) even if I do decide to tell you of some such magic cyber-wand, why would you trust it instead of thinking that I'm trying to hack your device even further?

My point had nothing to do with what kind of person you are or what ideological fight you're taking part in (meaning all the justifications for the same you provided above are meaningless here), all I'm saying is that your approach to getting help is misguided. As for what a better approach would be, I think a few other comments here point towards that.

[–] MrHand 0 points 1 year ago

"how do I know you're not a security agent yourself?" I am legit the only person willing to say incels.is = DHS. Would a security agent say that? Incels.is = DHS. They've "interrupted" the incel scene, surreptitiously banned incel spaces in order to direct would be incel posters to spaces they control. The novelty of my perspective should give me credibility.

https://twitter.com/WrongedIncel